aquafarmingn.
/ˈakwəˌfɑːmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɑkwəˌfɑrmɪŋ/, /ˈækwəˌfɑrmɪŋ/ rare before mid 20th cent.
The cultivation of aquatic plants or animals, esp. commercially for food; aquaculture.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > fish-keeping, farming, or breeding > [noun]
pisciculture1807
water farming1811
fish-breeding1860
fish-hatching1862
fish-culture1865
aquiculture1867
mariculture1867
fish-farming1869
pond culture1883
aquaculture1887
aquafarming1896
sea-farming1962
1896 Salt Lake Tribune 26 Jan. 7/4 I am exceedingly sorry over the absence of interest everywhere present in aqua farming.
1962 Kingston Gleaner (Jamaica) 18 May 14/8 An attempt at aquafarming—harvesting the sea as a source of food—will take place off the British coast this summer.
1972 N.Y. Times 27 Sept. 49/5 In 1968..the techniques of aquafarming were first applied on Long Island to oyster growing.
2011 Providence Jrnl. (Rhode Island) (Nexis) 19 Oct. (Food section) 1 Aquafarming has allowed us to enjoy more bay scallops, the sweetest variety of all.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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